Month: December 2013

Truck Camper Magazine (TCM) announced the winners in its First Annual Readers’ Choice Awards for 2013. According to a press release, the top vote-getters included: Best Truck Camper • First: 2014 Adventurer 116DS • Second: 2013 Four Wheel Camper Fleet Flatbed • Third: 2013 CampLite TC11 Best Truck Camper Gear • First: Free Spirit Energy Windwalker [...]

(Dec. 31, 2013) -- Jamestown Advanced Products recently made an equipment donation to its longtime customers Bill and Anita Perry, owners of Chautauqua Lake KOA in Dewittville.

(Dec. 31, 2013) -- Lake Marjory State Forest Campground that was mothballed in 2009 could reopen, along with three others, under an order from the director of the Department of Natural Resources.

(Dec. 31, 2013) -- Firefighters responded to a call that a motorhome was on fire. The blaze had gone through the roof and through one side of the motorhome, No one was injured but damages totaled $20,000.

The RV Water Heater Systems Service course, run by Northampton Community College and the Pennsylvania RV and Camping Association (PRVCA), begins Jan. 6 and runs through Feb. 2.  According to a press release, the program allows students to gain an in-depth understanding of recreation vehicle maintenance with intensive, competency-based instruction. Students simply log on to access the lecture [...]

Keith Boreani started out about 11 years ago, renovating an old school bus. As reported by the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette, raising the $5,000 to buy the bus was the easy part. Finding partners to help him do the job was a challenge. Nobody could quite grasp the vision that Boreani had for the [...]

While Indiana has long been king of the recreational vehicle manufacturing market, Florida continues to rank high among the nation’s leaders when it comes to sales. According to the Tampa Times, the state is second to California in number of dealerships, and sites along Interstate 4 in the Seffner-Dover region are proving to be lucrative [...]

(Dec. 31, 2013) -- "What I’m starting to realize, however, is that when it comes to actually getting things done and making progress in the areas that are important to you, there is a much better way to do things," Clear writes. "It all comes down to the difference between goals and systems."

(Dec. 31, 2013) -- Last year, I put on 30,000 miles on my car driving to 27 states for various RV meetings, trade shows and interviews. I also spent about 50 nights in hotel rooms of greatly varying quality. When complaining about it last fall, someone reminded me that there are companies build these things that travel down the highway AND have their own bed, kitchen, bathroom, TV, refrigerator and even storage. So, resolution No. 2 is to get back into the game and to get another RV.

Forest City, Iowa-based Winnebago Industries Inc. announced the promotion of Mark McLaughlin to the position of district sales manager. According to a press releaase, McLaughlin is responsible for sales of the company’s Winnebago, Itasca and Winnebago Touring Coach motorhomes, as well as dealer development and training in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Southern North Carolina and Northern [...]